Infect ag if varicella zoster at UPMC Magee

300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1952311508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$68.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$114.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $142.21 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.56 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.26 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $13.77 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.09 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.49 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.49 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.49 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $14.76 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $20.52 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.14 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.66 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $41.04 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR FI $44.46 ↓ -35%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $44.69 ↓ -35%
Cigna New Business ASO $45.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $45.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $45.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $45.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.32 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $57.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $62.70 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $62.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $67.39 ↓ -1%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $79.80 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $91.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $96.66 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial $96.90 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $96.90 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $101.09 ↑ +48%
Multiplan PPO $104.88 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $106.19 ↑ +55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $142.21 ↑ +108%

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Infect ag if varicella zoster at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $115.20 $12.47 – $31.66
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.00 $11.59 – $31.66
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $13.26 – $206.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $7.38 – $106.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $10.73 – $106.25
UPMC Hamot Erie $199.20 $13.26 – $31.36
UPMC Hanover Hanover $75.00 $10.73 – $96.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $75.00 $10.73 – $96.66

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